reopenern.

Brit.

/ˌriːˈəʊp(ə)nə/,

/rɪˈəʊp(ə)nə/, U.S.

/rɪˈoʊp(ə)nər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reopen v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < reopen v. + -er suffix¹.With reopener clause at sense 2 compare earlier reopening clause n. at reopening n. Compounds.

Originally U.S.

1. A person who or thing which opens something again. Frequently with of.

ΚΠ

1844 A. Beresford-Hope Ess. 104 The discoverer of long-lost truth, the re-opener of the ‘marvellous current of forgotten things’.

1908 F. Allaben John Watts de Peyster I. xxix. 311 Charles K. Graham, the re-opener of the James River in May, 1864.

1937 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 52 1719 Waste roving from the card room was returned to the preparation department for reopening. The roving reopener was exhausted only from the pit below the last beater.

2007 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 6 Mar. The case has been opened and reopened and reopened by historians, biographers, and novelists for 75 years now... I was one of the reopeners.

2. Chiefly in industrial relations: a clause in a contract, typically between a union and management, which allows for the reopening of negotiations within the term of the contract. Also more fully reopener clause. Cf. reopening clause n. at reopening n. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

society > [noun] > social compact > between specific groups > clause in contract

reopener1946

1946 Morning Herald (Hagerstown, Maryland) 26 July 2/3 A wage ‘reopener’ clause in the contract to permit reopening of the contract if the United States Department of Labor cost of living index shows an increase of more than five percent.

1953 C. S. Ching Rev. & Refl. xv. 171 The management refused on the grounds the agreement should last a year without a reopener.

1989 Oil & Gas Jrnl. 10 July 19/1 Many of the new, longer term contracts also contain reopeners.

2007 M. Maske War without Death 315 Now they were..counting the days until they could try to force the entire ownership group to exercise the reopener clause in the labor deal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reopener
释义	reopenern. Brit. /ˌriːˈəʊp(ə)nə/, /rɪˈəʊp(ə)nə/, U.S. /rɪˈoʊp(ə)nər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reopen v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < reopen v. + -er suffix¹.With reopener clause at sense 2 compare earlier reopening clause n. at reopening n. Compounds. Originally U.S. 1. A person who or thing which opens something again. Frequently with of. ΚΠ 1844 A. Beresford-Hope Ess. 104 The discoverer of long-lost truth, the re-opener of the ‘marvellous current of forgotten things’. 1908 F. Allaben John Watts de Peyster I. xxix. 311 Charles K. Graham, the re-opener of the James River in May, 1864. 1937 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 52 1719 Waste roving from the card room was returned to the preparation department for reopening. The roving reopener was exhausted only from the pit below the last beater. 2007 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 6 Mar. The case has been opened and reopened and reopened by historians, biographers, and novelists for 75 years now... I was one of the reopeners. 2. Chiefly in industrial relations: a clause in a contract, typically between a union and management, which allows for the reopening of negotiations within the term of the contract. Also more fully reopener clause. Cf. reopening clause n. at reopening n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > [noun] > social compact > between specific groups > clause in contract reopener1946 1946 Morning Herald (Hagerstown, Maryland) 26 July 2/3 A wage ‘reopener’ clause in the contract to permit reopening of the contract if the United States Department of Labor cost of living index shows an increase of more than five percent. 1953 C. S. Ching Rev. & Refl. xv. 171 The management refused on the grounds the agreement should last a year without a reopener. 1989 Oil & Gas Jrnl. 10 July 19/1 Many of the new, longer term contracts also contain reopeners. 2007 M. Maske War without Death 315 Now they were..counting the days until they could try to force the entire ownership group to exercise the reopener clause in the labor deal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844
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